1 factum est autem cum sedisset rex in domo sua
et Dominus dedisset ei requiem undique ab universis inimicis suis
2 dixit ad Nathan prophetam
videsne quod ego habitem in domo cedrina
et arca Dei posita sit in medio pellium
3 dixitque Nathan ad regem
omne quod est in corde tuo vade fac
quia Dominus tecum est
4 factum est autem in nocte illa
et ecce sermo Domini ad Nathan dicens
5 vade et loquere ad servum meum David haec dicit Dominus
numquid tu aedificabis mihi domum ad habitandum
6 neque enim habitavi in domo
ex die qua eduxi filios Israhel de terra Aegypti
usque in diem hanc
sed ambulans ambulabam in tabernaculo et in tentorio
7 per cuncta loca quae transivi cum omnibus filiis Israhel
numquid loquens locutus sum ad unam de tribubus Israhel
cui praecepi ut pasceret populum meum Israhel dicens
quare non aedificastis mihi domum cedrinam
8 et nunc haec dices servo meo David
haec dicit Dominus exercituum
ego tuli te de pascuis sequentem greges
ut esses dux super populum meum Israhel
9 et fui tecum in omnibus ubicumque ambulasti
et interfeci universos inimicos tuos a facie tua
fecique tibi nomen grande iuxta nomen magnorum qui sunt in terra
10 et ponam locum populo meo Israhel
et plantabo eum et habitabit sub eo et non turbabitur amplius
nec addent filii iniquitatis ut adfligant eum sicut prius
11 ex die qua constitui iudices super populum meum Israhel
et requiem dabo tibi ab omnibus inimicis tuis
praedicitque tibi Dominus
quod domum faciat tibi Dominus
12 cumque conpleti fuerint dies tui et dormieris cum patribus tuis
suscitabo semen tuum post te quod egredietur de utero tuo
et firmabo regnum eius
13 ipse aedificabit domum nomini meo
et stabiliam thronum regni eius usque in sempiternum
14 ego ero ei in patrem et ipse erit mihi in filium
qui si inique aliquid gesserit
arguam eum in virga virorum et in plagis filiorum hominum
15 misericordiam autem meam non auferam ab eo
sicut abstuli a Saul quem amovi a facie tua
16 et fidelis erit domus tua
et regnum tuum usque in aeternum ante faciem tuam
et thronus tuus erit firmus iugiter
17 secundum omnia verba haec et iuxta universam visionem istam
sic locutus est Nathan ad David
18 ingressus est autem rex David et sedit coram Domino et dixit
quis ego sum Domine Deus et quae domus mea
quia adduxisti me hucusque
19 sed et hoc parum visum est in conspectu tuo Domine Deus
nisi loquereris etiam de domo servi tui in longinquum
ista est enim lex Adam Domine Deus
20 quid ergo addere poterit adhuc David ut loquatur ad te
tu enim scis servum tuum Domine Deus
21 propter verbum tuum
et secundum cor tuum fecisti omnia magnalia haec
ita ut notum faceres servo tuo
22 idcirco magnificatus es Domine Deus quia non est similis tui
neque est deus extra te
in omnibus quae audivimus auribus nostris
23 quae est autem ut populus tuus Israhel gens in terra
propter quam ivit Deus ut redimeret eam sibi in populum
et poneret sibi nomen
faceretque eis magnalia et horribilia super terram
a facie populi tui quem redemisti tibi ex Aegypto
gentem et deum eius
24 et firmasti tibi populum tuum Israhel in populum
sempiternum
et tu Domine factus es eis in Deum
25 nunc ergo Domine Deus
verbum quod locutus es super servum tuum et super domum eius
suscita in sempiternum et fac sicut locutus es
26 et magnificetur nomen tuum usque in sempiternum
atque dicatur Dominus exercituum Deus super Israhel
et domus servi tui David erit stabilita coram Domino
27 quia tu Domine exercituum Deus Israhel
revelasti aurem servi tui dicens domum aedificabo tibi
propterea invenit servus tuus cor suum ut oraret te oratione hac
28 nunc ergo Domine Deus tu es Deus et verba tua erunt vera
locutus es enim ad servum tuum bona haec
29 incipe igitur et benedic domui servi tui
ut sit in sempiternum coram te
quia tu Domine Deus locutus es
et benedictione tua benedicetur domus servi tui in sempiternum
1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies; 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.
4 ¶ And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar? 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, 11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
12 ¶ And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
18 ¶ Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them . 22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? 24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God. 25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. 27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. 28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: 29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.